Water bag carrier



April 1952 F. w. GREULING 2,594,640

I WATER BAG CARRIER Filed Dec. 18, 1950 INVENTOR. BY @110 M Ammqs Ferdinand w Greu/ing Patented Apr. 29, 1952 WATER BAG CARRIER Ferdinand W. G-reuling, El Paso, Tex., assignor oi forty-nine per cent to William N. Greuling,

El Paso, Tex.

Application December 18, 1950, Serial No. 201,290

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in water bag carriers for automobiles and similar vehicles, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a carrier of this type which may be conveniently and effectively mounted on a vehicle bumper.

An important feature of the invention resides in its extreme simplicity of construction, the entire carrier being formed integrally from one piece of rod.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its pleasing appearance, in its adaptability to accommodate water bags of different sizes, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially in the construction and arrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View of the invention mounted on the front bumper of an automobile, the dotted lines illustrating a conventional water bag applied to the carrier; and

Figure 2 is'a perspective View of the carrier per se.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a water bag carrier which is designated generally by the reference character l0 and is formed integrally from a single piece of heavy wire rod, the latter having an intermediate portion affording an upright standard l2 and a substantially horizontal arm M which constitutes a forwardly angulated continuation of the upper end of the standard, as will be clearly apparent.

The arm l4 terminates at its forward end in a horizontally disposed eye I6, while an intermediate portion of the standard is angulated and doubled upon itself so as to form a downwardly and rearwardly projecting hook H3.

The lower end portion of the rod from which the device is formed is angulated and arcuated to provide a horizontally elongated loop 20 which is disposed below the hook l8, the loop 20 being crossed over itself at the lower end of the standard 12, as indicated at 22, and then being carried downwardly to provide a vertically disposed eye 24 to receive a bolt 26 whereby the entire device may be rigidly secured to a bumper 28 of an automobile, or the like.

When the invention is placed in use, a conventional water bag 30 is inserted in the loop 20and the attachment cords 32 at the upper end of the the bag are passed over and through the eye [5 and are then anchored to the hook l8, whereby to sustain the bag in position.

Needless to say, the loop '26 will prevent the bag from swaying, and it will be apparent from the foregoing that the invention will accommodate water bags of different sizes and that such bags may be quickly and expeditiously applied to or removed from the device.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A water bag carrier of the type described, said carrier comprising a vertically elongated standard provided at its upper end with a substantially horizontal arm, an eye provided at the lower end of said standard to receive a mounting bolt, a horizontally elongated water bag receiving loop provided intermediate the ends of said standard, a second eye provided on said arm, and a hook provided on the standard between said arm and said loop, whereby suspension cords of a water bag positioned in the loop may be passed through said second eye and anchored on said hook.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 which is formed in its entirety from wire rod.

3. A water bag carrier of the type described, said carrier comprising a single-piece wire rod having an intermediate portion affording an upright standard and a substantially horizontal arm constituting a continuation of the upper end of said standard, the lower end portion of said standard being arcuated to provide a horizontally elongated water bag receiving loop and a depending eye to receive a mounting bolt, the end portion of said arm being arcuated to provide a second eye, and a portion of said standard between said loop and said arm being angulated and doubled. upon itself to form a downturned hook, whereby suspension cords of a water bag positioned in said loop may be passed through said second eye and anchored on said hook.

FERDINAND W. GREULING.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,035,319 Cormier Aug. 13, 1912 2,521,221 Ivey Sept. 5, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 108,872 Australia Oct. 20, 1939 

